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Foursquare: the Next Big Name in Social Media

Everyone knows that Facebook and Twitter are the kings of social media, but the Big Duo might soon have to make room on the throne for a third social media monarch—Foursquare. Used by more than 1.5 million people worldwide so far, Foursquare uses geolocation technology to enable customers to share their favorite locations with friends, [...]

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Are Websites Dead?

As of December 2009 there were approximately 234 million websites available worldwide, and approximately 1.6 million Facebook fan pages with more than 5.3 billion fans in existence. As described in my , I consider traditional websites to be transactional hubs where products and services are sold, whereas social media sites like Facebook are community hubs [...]

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How to create Facebook friend lists and manage your profiles privacy settings [Video]

Many people are concerned with their privacy on Facebook. Putting so much personal information such as pictures, birthdays, phone numbers, and more on your personal profile often times limits the number of people you would like to share this information with. Most of us have received friend requests from people we hardly know – distant [...]

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Beware of changing fan page ownership on Facebook!

Meet Sue, the owner of a small jewelry store in Kansas City. One night, after a long day of work, Sue hears on the radio that she can use Facebook to develop a whole community around her jewelry brand. Excitedly, she goes on Facebook to check out how it could benefit her business. Quickly she [...]

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Review: Tweetbeep – Receive customized twitter alerts telling you what others are saying about you, your products, your company and more

On a regular basis I get asked what the point of Twitter is. And I have to admit, I wasn’t one of the early adopters. I, myself, had quite some trouble understanding the value of endless, seemingly unstructured short messages from people I didn’t really know.
Now, after having joined the Twitter train for quite some [...]

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Review: Evernote – One place to store all your notes, thoughts, information – no matter the format

So, here’s a typical day for me: In the morning, I read a bunch of interesting blog posts that are send to me via email. I go to the actual website of the most interesting posts and add them to my delicious account (a social bookmarking tool). Next, I’ll do some research on the web [...]

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How Hootsuite can help you manage your social media efforts conveniently in one place

On a regular basis I will review tools that help you with your social media, marketing or entrepreneurial efforts.
Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by all the social networking tools out there? I certainly do! It requires a lot of time and energy to stay on top of all your social networking profiles on the [...]

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